KJV King James Version
How much less man, [that is] a worm? and the son of man, [which is] a worm?
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Job 25:6
How much less man, [that is] a worm? and the son of man, [which is] a worm?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
WEB World English Bible
How much less man, who is a worm, the son of man, who is a worm!”
ASV American Standard Version
How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
How much less man—a grub, And the son of man—a worm!
Surrounding context — Job 25
3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean [that is] born of a woman?
5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
6 How much less man, [that is] a worm? and the son of man, [which is] a worm?
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Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.Psalm 22:6But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.Job 7:17What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:Job 4:19How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?
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